Game notes: Sam Houston at Jacksonville State
Saturday, November 7, 7 p.m. ET, AmFirst Stadium.The game page.
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The matchup
- Sam Houston (1–5, 0–2 in conference) at Jacksonville State (5–2, 3–0 in conference), Saturday, November 7, 7 p.m. ET, AmFirst Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their seventh meeting; Jacksonville State leads the series 4–2.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Thursday, October 9, 2025: Jacksonville State 29, Sam Houston 27.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 2014: Sam Houston 37, Jacksonville State 26.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Jacksonville State is 2–1 at home against Sam Houston.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: Jacksonville State 29–27 (neutral site); 2024: Jacksonville State 21–11 (at Jacksonville State); 2023: Jacksonville State 35–28 (at Sam Houston); 2021: Sam Houston 42–7 (at Sam Houston); 2015: Jacksonville State 62–10 (at Jacksonville State).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Sam Houston
- Sam Houston is 1–5 (0–2 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 21–24 at Troy; L 17–23 vs. Tulsa; W 59–0 vs. Nicholls; L 14–49 at No. 11 Texas Tech; L 3–35 at Liberty; L 3–16 vs. Western Kentucky.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Sam Houston has lost three straight, since beating Nicholls 59–0 (Sept. 19, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Sam Houston is No. 132 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Phil Longo is 3–15 in his second season at Sam Houston.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Phil Longo is 0–1 against Jacksonville State.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Landyn Locke (QB): 1,418 passing yards, 11 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Chris Reed (WR): 17 catches, 289 yards, 3 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Dean Ford (LB): 38 tackles, 1 sack, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2015, Sam Houston lost to McNeese 27–10.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Jacksonville State
- Jacksonville State is 5–2 (3–0 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 7–33 at North Dakota State; W 49–7 vs. Eastern Kentucky; L 27–29 at Ohio; W 31–27 vs. Georgia Southern; W 23–13 vs. Middle Tennessee; W 27–26 at Kennesaw State; W 27–24 vs. Florida International.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Jacksonville State has won four straight, since losing 29–27 to Ohio (Sept. 12, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Jacksonville State is No. 59 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Charles Kelly is 14–7 in his second season at Jacksonville State.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Charles Kelly is 1–0 against Sam Houston.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Caden Creel (QB): 1,637 passing yards, 12 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Deondre Johnson (WR): 22 catches, 431 yards, 3 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Caleb Nix (S): 43 tackles, 2 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Garrison Rippa needs 2 field goals to tie Gavin Hallford (49, 2004–08) for Jacksonville State’s career record in field goals, 3 to break it. He has 47 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Garrison Rippa needs 2 field goals to pass Alen Karajic (48, 2020–23) for second on Jacksonville State’s career field goals list. He has 47 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Caden Creel needs 359 yards to pass Marques Ivory (5,084, 2008–12) for 10th on Jacksonville State’s career total offense list. He has 4,726 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2015, Jacksonville State beat Eastern Illinois 24–3.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Charles Kelly is 1–0 against Phil Longo’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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